ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1992 - SECT 60 Steel-jawed traps and prohibited traps

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1992 - SECT 60

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person sets a steel-jawed trap or a prohibited trap; and

        (b)     an animal is killed or injured by the trap.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person sets a steel-jawed trap or a prohibited trap.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if the person possesses a steel-jawed trap or prohibited trap.

Maximum penalty: 15 penalty units.

    (4)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

    (5)     Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to the possession of a trap kept only—

        (a)     for the purpose of display; or

        (b)     as a curio or part of a collection.

    (6)     In this section:

"prohibited trap" means a trap prescribed by regulation for this section.

"steel-jawed trap" means an animal trap fitted with metal jaws, a pressure plate and a spring-operated mechanism, designed so the metal jaws close against each other when the trap is activated by the application of weight to the pressure plate.